2010-2011

Video Spotlight - Chelsey OlsenSpartan of the Week - date: Jul. 19th, 2011LANGLEY, British Columbia – Chelsey Olsen didn’t play a single minute against Victoria. The Spartans were on the road for two games against the then No. 4 ranked Vikes Jan. 7 and 8 and the first-year from Fanny Bay, B.C. didn’t once get subbed in.

Spotlight - Women's Volleyball Team in ParaguaySpartan of the Week - date: Jun. 27th, 2011LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western University women’s volleyball team recently returned from a two-week missions trip to Paraguay. This is their story.

Spotlight - Men's Soccer Team in BeninSpartan of the Week - date: Jun. 7th, 2011LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western University men’s soccer team recently returned from a two-week missions trip to Benin. This is their story.

Spotlight - Natalie Boyd in Northern IrelandSpartan of the Week - date: May 26th, 2011LANGLEY, British Columbia – Natalie Boyd is trying her luck with the Irish. And so far there seems to be an abundance of three-leaf clovers in her path.

Video Spotlight - Holly StromSpartan of the Week - date: Apr. 27th, 2011LANGLEY, British Columbia - This season was never really supposed to happen for Holly Strom. This season, where the second-year forward from Calgary finished second on the team in points per game with 7.1, simply wasn’t going to be played.

Video Spotlight - Emily KnauffSpartan of the Week - date: Mar. 17th, 2011LANGLEY, British Columbia - Emily Knauff has had to cover them all. The Trinity Western guard has gone head-to-head all season against the best Canada West has to offer. And in all honesty, the third-year from Maple Ridge, B.C. has loved every minute.

Video Spotlight - Calvin WestbrookSpartan of the Week - date: Feb. 24th, 2011LANGLEY, British Columbia - When your dad is from Australia, your mom is from Vancouver Island and you grow up in Courtenay, B.C. you don’t really have much of a choice.You’re going to be laid back. You’re going to be causal. You’re going to wear tie-dye shirts and headbands.

Video Spotlight - Mikiah SchalkSpartan of the Week - date: Feb. 17th, 2011LANGLEY, British Columbia - Mikiah Schalk has made it full circle. It may have taken until his fourth year at Trinity Western, and final year of eligibility, but he’s made it.

Video Spotlight - Volleyball SeniorsSpartan of the Week - date: Feb. 11th, 2011LANGLEY, British Columbia - The Trinity Western volleyball fans will see Kara Jansen Van Doorn, Andrea Ball, Josh Doornenbal, Mikiah Schalk and Aaron Vandenbrink honoured Saturday as graduating seniors as they will have played their last regular season home games in a Spartans uniform. SpartansTV talked to all five about their time at TWU.

Video Spotlight - Basketball SeniorsSpartan of the Week - date: Feb. 3rd, 2011LANGLEY, British Columbia - The Trinity Western basketball fans will see Jacob Doerksen, Lance Verhoeff, Tyrell Mara, Daniel Horner, Clint Wickham and Corina Reimer play their last regular season home games this weekend. SpartansTV talked to all six about their time at TWU.

Video Spotlight - Lauren O'ReillySpartan of the Week - date: Jan. 27th, 2011LANGLEY, British Columbia - It’s not like Trinity Western women’s volleyball setter Lauren O’Reilly needed confirmation of her status amongst the best volleyball players in the world. But it helped.

Video Spotlight - Marc HowatsonSpartan of the Week - date: Jan. 21st, 2011LANGLEY, British Columbia - For a moment, Marc Howatson’s teammates thought his volleyball career may be over. The Spartans starting leftside lay on the court grimacing in pain as his left foot dangled from his left leg seemingly incognizant that the two appendages had any direct correlation.

Video Spotlight - Josh StephensonSpartan of the Week - date: Jan. 20th, 2011LANGLEY, British Columbia - Trinity Western forward Josh Stephenson was a pretty standard B.C. born kid. Ball hockey in the living room and shinny in the driveway at three years old. Skating lessons at four years old. Organized ice hockey at five years old.

Video Spotlight - Tyrell MaraSpartan of the Week - date: Jan. 11th, 2011LANGLEY, British Columbia - Trinity Western forward Tyrell Mara seems to have it all figured out. He’s most definitely got it together on the court – he’s averaging a team leading 8.8 rebounds per game, which has him fourth in Canada West, is leading the team in minutes played with 30.0 per game and is averaging 12.3 points per game – and off the court, he’s about as classy as they come.

Video Spotlight - Corina ReimerSpartan of the Week - date: Dec. 20th, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - Corina Reimer was the Deion Sanders of MEI (Mennonite Educational Institute). Sure she likely didn’t get beckoned in the halls by the nickname Prime Time but the 6-foot-2 Abbotsford, B.C. product was a pretty darn talented two-sport athlete.

Video Spotlight - Jacob DoerksenSpartan of the Week - date: Dec. 8th, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - If you were to talk to Jacob Doerksen over the phone, you’d probably imagine him to have long, straggly blonde hair and brightly coloured t-shirt, a surfboard within arms reach and a slightly dilapidated car that has just enough gas in it to get him to the beach.

Video Spotlight - Janelle TraberSpartan of the Week - date: Dec. 3rd, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - Janelle Traber went to high school a mere 20 kilometres away from Trinity Western University. But it took two years and a 2240 km round trip through Lethbridge. Alta. before she finally arrived on the Glover Road campus in Langley.

Video Spotlight - Andrea BallSpartan of the Week - date: Nov. 30th, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - Sunday lunch around the Ball family residence is about as Dutch as they come. First comes dessert. Then comes the main course. And, like gravy on a towering pile of mashed potatoes, volleyball talk finds its way into every crevice of the conversation.

Video Spotlight - Sean LangreigerSpartan of the Week - date: Nov. 25th, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - Sean Langreiger is one confident individual. Ask the 19-year-old goalie from Madison, Connecticut about his on-ice goals beyond Trinity Western and his answer is pretty simple. “I want to make it to the show.”

Video Spotlight - Tonner JacksonSpartan of the Week - date: Nov. 18th, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - The best basketball-related decision Tonner Jackson ever made was to wait. The now 6-foot-7, 225-pound guard from White Rock, B.C. came to Trinity Western University in the fall of 2008 but, soon after arriving, he decided to redshirt in his first year.

Video Spotlight - Benton NickelSpartan of the Week - date: Nov. 12th, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - Benton Nickel is about as typical of an Abbotsford kid as you can imagine. He’s big – 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds – he’s strong, he grew up on a small farm and he’s got the last name Nickel. And for the opposition, he’s not all that fun to go into the corner s with.

Spotlight - Chelsea HudsonSpartan of the Week - date: Nov. 9th, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - Chelsea Hudson is in her happy place. Although she’s hardly a fan of the limelight, and would probably prefer to write a 50-page paper than do an on-camera interview, Trinity Western’s fourth-year setter is delighted to be taking over centre stage on the volleyball court.

Video Spotlight - The Number 11Spartan of the Week - date: Nov. 5th, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - Rudy Verhoeff didn’t even blink. Nor did he bat an eye. When Trinity Western men’s volleyball coach Ben Josephson asked Verhoeff to change his number from 10 to 11 this summer, the Spartans middle, turned outside hitter, immediately responded with a beaming “of course.”

Video Spotlight - Tristan SmithSpartan of the Week - date: Oct. 29th, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - Little known fact: For the past two year, Michael “Pinball” Clemons has been masquerading through the Trinity Western campus as a student-athlete.

Video Spotlight - Brandon LongSpartan of the Week - date: Oct. 22nd, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - Trinity Western Spartans forward Brandon Long pretty much defines the term rink rat. If it were up to Long, he’d probably set up a cot at centre ice, have a kitchen in the penalty box and make the rink his home

Video Spotlight - WS SeniorsSpartan of the Week - date: Oct. 19th, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - With the final regular season home game of the year last Saturday, the seniors from the women's soccer team sat down with SpartansTV to discuss their memories of being a Spartan. This year's graduating class includes Kaleigh Henry, Ana Pruim, Becca Ferguson, Heather Stevenson and Veronika Rogina.

Video Spotlight - Andre CostaSpartan of the Week - date: Oct. 15th, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - Whoever came up with the phrase Jack-of-all-trades, must have never met Andre Teixeira Costa. Or maybe, in Brazil, the term is actually, and quite sensibly, Andre-of-all-trades.
Sound ridiculous? Well, clearly you haven’t met Costa either.

Video Spotlight - Brenden StephenSpartan of the Week - date: Oct. 12th, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - Brenden Stephen and Roy Halladay could well have one thing in common. No, it’s unlikely Stephen – a 6-foot-7 blueliner form Vanderhoof, B.C. – will be throwing a no-hitter in the MLB playoffs anytime soon or buffing a Cy Young Award sitting on his mantel. But there is a chance in the future they both could go by the same nickname.

Video Spotlight - Veronika RoginaSpartan of the Week - date: Oct. 7th, 2010Langley, British Columbia - There are some people in the world who you just want to hang out with because you know you’re going to have a good time.

Video Spotlight - Jordan WhiteheadSpartan of the Week - date: Oct. 4th, 2010Langley, British Columbia - When Trinity Western midfielder Jordan Whitehead first took the pitch at the Langley, B.C. campus, it quickly became apparent to the Spartans coaching staff they had a special player.

Video Spotlight - Jason WiensSpartan of the Week - date: Sep. 30th, 2010Langley, British Columbia - Jason Wiens is the type of player you just can’t help but root for. Unless you staunchly believe in poor work ethic, unsubstantiated arrogance, obnoxious leadership and a wet noodle-like handshake, it’s more than likely you’ll instantly be impressed by Wiens.

Video Spotlight - Tessa MeyerSpartan of the Week - date: Sep. 28th, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - When Tessa Meyer came to Trinity Western in the summer of 2008, expectations were high. The Surrey, B.C. product was an abundantly coveted recruit and, as training began, it quickly became clear coach Graham Roxburgh’s latest acquisition was bound to make an immediate impact.

Video Spotlight - Natalie BoydSpartan of the Week - date: Sep. 25th, 2010LANGLEY, British Columbia - If you’re at a Trinity Western women’s soccer game and you hear a whole lot of yelling and screaming in the middle of the pitch, it’s probably Nat Boyd.

Video Spotlight - Jeff BarberisSpartan of the Week - date: Sep. 23rd, 2010Langley, British Columbia - Let’s just say, Jeff Barberis took the road rarely, if ever, traveled to find his way onto the Trinity Western men’s hockey team.

Video Spotlight - Goran "Gogo" ViticSpartan of the Week - date: Sep. 20th, 2010Langley, British Columbia - Maybe, just maybe, this will be the year for Gogo.Goran Vitic, as he is technically named but rarely referred to as such, is entering his fifth year at Trinity Western, yet the team jokester known as Gogo – who says if were a superhero he would want to be a cross between The Human Torch and Wolverine – has never completed a full season thanks to a career that has been plagued by injuries.

Video Spotlight - Alexi FosterSpartan of the Week - date: Sep. 16th, 2010They call Alexi Foster the silent sniper. The Spartans third-year midfielder usually flies under the radar and goes about her business content not to be in the spotlight. But dig a bit deeper and you'll find that Foster has a clutch boot and defines the term versatility.